You want to see the man you love back at the family table and back at work. Many families who want that day hear the words residential treatment and picture a locked hospital ward. So what is residential treatment at SOZO Recovery Center? A man lives on our peaceful campus in Jessieville, Arkansas, while he gets care for addiction, and he has round-the-clock support the whole time he is with us.
On his first morning, he wakes up on a campus of several acres with no hospital feel. His days here bring group therapy with other men and time alone with a therapist. We make room in his week for prayer and scripture, and he works the 12 steps.
We work toward that day at the family table from the first phone call. When he leaves our campus, he takes a plan for his next step with him.
What is residential treatment?
Residential treatment means a man lives at the treatment program while he gets care for addiction. Many people call it inpatient rehab. He lives away from home for a time, and recovery becomes the center of his day.
Our residential program offers Level III care on the scale of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Level III care gives a man a structured setting with round-the-clock support. Residential treatment is the most structured level of care we offer.
Our program is faith-based, and clinical therapy is part of every man’s care. CARF International accredits SOZO, and the state of Arkansas licenses our program. We follow the ASAM standards when we match a man to the level of care that fits him.
Our Jessieville campus is restorative and peaceful, and a man has room there to think and pray. You know where he is, and you know he has support while he is there.
Residential treatment and a hospital stay
A family who hears the word inpatient may think of a hospital stay. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) describes a hospital stay and a residential program in different terms, and that difference can help you choose care for a man you love. For NIDA, hospital inpatient care is an overnight stay for people who need 24-hour care for health problems or for withdrawal.
Residential programs offer longer care, and NIDA’s guide to treatment approaches says residential care in general usually lasts a few weeks to a few months. NIDA also lists individual and group counseling in residential programs, along with referrals to continuing care when a man leaves.
Both kinds of counseling on that list are part of our residential program, and our program offers continuing care after it. In our program, he spends his stay with other men who are working on their own recovery.
Some men need withdrawal care before residential treatment can begin. We do not provide medical detox. We coordinate detox placement with partner facilities, and we hold his place with us for the day he finishes. Then he starts treatment with us at the level of care that fits him.
Before you call, you can see how detox placement with a partner facility works. If you are unsure which kind of care he needs, call our admissions team. On that call, we learn whether withdrawal care has to come before treatment.
Who men’s residential treatment helps
Level III care fits a man who needs to live in a structured setting while he gets care for addiction. Maybe you are that man, and you have tried to quit on your own. Maybe you love a man like that, and you want a faith-based program that treats him with dignity.
Our residential program serves adult men who are 18 or older. When a man also lives with a mental health condition, we treat it at the same time as the addiction. Every man gets a personalized treatment plan built around his own needs.
You do not need to know the right level of care before you call. Our Arkansas admissions team listens on the first call, and we use the assessment on that call to find the level of care that fits him. You can make that call for yourself or for the man you love.
That level may be residential treatment. A man who can live at home during treatment may start at another step in the levels of care we offer men in Arkansas. Partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient care are two of those steps, and outpatient care is another.
He may wonder what a day in treatment looks like, and you may wonder the same thing. Our admissions team answers your questions about his days and his faith on that first call.
A day in residential treatment at SOZO
If you are the man reading this, your days here include group therapy and time for prayer. We bring clinical therapy and faith together for every man on our campus. In group therapy sessions, men in the program meet to talk about recovery and listen to one another.
In one-on-one therapy sessions, you meet with a therapist in private and work on your own treatment plan. Stress management workshops give a man practical ways to handle stress, and he can use those skills at home and at work after he leaves. Art therapy and meditation are calming activities, and they give him quiet time in a full week.
Faith is part of his days here as well. Our faith-centered practices include prayer and scripture. Every man can also receive spiritual guidance while he lives on our campus, and he can bring his questions about faith to that time.
We pair Christian principles with the 12 steps, and a man works the steps alongside his clinical therapy. His personalized treatment plan lists his faith practices beside his therapy sessions. After the day’s sessions end, he still has someone on our campus to talk to. Visit the page for our residential treatment program to picture his days before the first call.
What comes after residential treatment
Residential treatment is one stage of his recovery. A man leaves with a plan for his next step, and that plan can include outpatient care and support groups.
After residential care, he can step down to partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient care (IOP), outpatient care or sober living. All four are part of our program, and he stays in our care at each step down.
Our page on partial hospitalization after residential care explains how that level of care works for men. In intensive outpatient care, he sleeps in his own bed and answers to his own alarm clock. Sober living after treatment gives him a sober home with other men in recovery while he settles back into daily life. Outpatient care is the lightest level of treatment in our program, and support groups can stay part of his week after his treatment ends.
Our vision for every man includes employment support and the rebuilding of family relationships on Christian principles. We work with him toward the job he goes back to and the family he comes home to. We start on our campus and keep working with him through each step down.
Questions families ask about residential treatment
What does residential treatment mean?
Many families start the first call with one question: what is residential treatment? It means a man lives at the program while he gets care for addiction. At SOZO, he lives on our Jessieville campus in a structured setting. He takes part in therapy and in faith practices with other men in the program.
Is residential the same as inpatient?
Often, yes. Many people call residential treatment inpatient rehab, and our program goes by both names. A man lives on our campus during his stay, and he takes part in group therapy and one-on-one therapy there.
How do we decide whether a man needs residential treatment?
Start with one call to our admissions team. We listen to your story, and we match him to a level of care through the assessment on that call. The answer may be residential treatment or another level in our program, and we tell you which level fits him. When detox has to come first, we coordinate detox placement with partner facilities.
What happens after residential treatment ends?
He leaves with a plan for his next step, and his support goes on after his last day on campus. That step can be partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient care, outpatient care or sober living, all inside our program. His plan can also include support groups. You can ask our admissions team about any of those levels on the first call.
Start with one phone call
Starting takes one phone call. Call our admissions team at 501-984-5317. We will listen to your story and help you find the right level of care for him. The admissions team also checks your family’s coverage on that first call.
Your question may still be this one: what is residential treatment, and does he need it? That call gets you a straight answer. You can tell us what you have seen at home, and we will tell you the next step.
You can also read about our admissions process before you pick up the phone. Pastors and counselors who refer men to us can call the same number. If a man is in danger right now, call 911.
Our main office is at 505 W Grand Ave. in Hot Springs, AR 71901. Our residential campus is in Jessieville. The chair at the table can be his again.